Financial stocks weaken, NYSE leads decliners

GregMorcroft

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of U.S. financial stocks weakened with the broader market on Tuesday, but a big international merger of stock exchanges stole the thunder. The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLF, -0.04%
which tracks the financial stocks in the S&P 500, shed 0.1% in early trading. Shares of the NYSE-Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, dropped 5% following the announcement that it has agreed to merge with Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG
DBOEY, -0.09%
Deutsche Boerse shares fell 1.7%.

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